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EU regions (NUTS 2) by population density
Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest had the highest population density of 234 regions in 2014, at 7,319.4 inhabitants per km². Guyane had the lowest, at 3.1 inhabitants per km². The median was 117.7 inhabitants per km² and the figure for the European Union (27) was 108 inhabitants per km². Source: Eurostat, European Commission.
Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Bru… Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest: 7,319.4 inhabitants per km² 7,319.4 Melilla Melilla: 6,478.5 inhabitants per km² 6,478.5 Wien Wien: 4,511.5 inhabitants per km² 4,511.5 Ceuta Ceuta: 4,457 inhabitants per km² 4,457 Berlin Berlin: 3,867.4 inhabitants per km² 3,867.4 Budapest Budapest: 3,433.6 inhabitants per km² 3,433.6 Praha Praha: 2,577.6 inhabitants per km² 2,577.6 Hamburg Hamburg: 2,323.9 inhabitants per km² 2,323.9 Bremen Bremen: 1,570.6 inhabitants per km² 1,570.6 Malta Malta: 1,375.2 inhabitants per km² 1,375.2 Bucureşti-Ilfov Bucureşti-Ilfov: 1,298.2 inhabitants per km² 1,298.2 Noord-Holland Noord-Holland: 1,032.9 inhabitants per km² 1,032.9 Ile-de-France Ile-de-France: 1,008.6 inhabitants per km² 1,008.6 Attiki Attiki: 1,007.7 inhabitants per km² 1,007.7 Düsseldorf Düsseldorf: 963.6 inhabitants per km² 963.6 Community of Madrid Community of Madrid: 801 inhabitants per km² 801 Hovedstaden Hovedstaden: 687.6 inhabitants per km² 687.6 Prov. Antwerpen Prov. Antwerpen: 648 inhabitants per km² 648 Mayotte Mayotte: 624.5 inhabitants per km² 624.5 Köln Köln: 590.3 inhabitants per km² 590.3 Prov. Vlaams-Brabant Prov. Vlaams-Brabant: 528.8 inhabitants per km² 528.8 Limburg (NL) Limburg (NL): 521.2 inhabitants per km² 521.2 Darmstadt Darmstadt: 516.2 inhabitants per km² 516.2 Noord-Brabant Noord-Brabant: 506.4 inhabitants per km² 506.4 Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen: 500.4 inhabitants per km² 500.4 Warszawski stołeczny Warszawski stołeczny: 490.4 inhabitants per km² 490.4 Arnsberg Arnsberg: 443.7 inhabitants per km² 443.7 Lombardia Lombardia: 438.1 inhabitants per km² 438.1 Campania Campania: 438 inhabitants per km² 438 Gelderland Gelderland: 407.2 inhabitants per km² 407.2 Karlsruhe Karlsruhe: 392.1 inhabitants per km² 392.1 Saarland Saarland: 385 inhabitants per km² 385 Stuttgart Stuttgart: 378 inhabitants per km² 378 Prov. West-Vlaanderen Prov. West-Vlaanderen: 377.3 inhabitants per km² 377.3 Śląskie Śląskie: 373.7 inhabitants per km² 373.7 Münster Münster: 372.6 inhabitants per km² 372.6 Prov. Brabant wallon Prov. Brabant wallon: 360.2 inhabitants per km² 360.2 Prov. Limburg (BE) Prov. Limburg (BE): 360 inhabitants per km² 360 Prov. Hainaut Prov. Hainaut: 353.9 inhabitants per km² 353.9 Lazio Lazio: 348.1 inhabitants per km² 348.1 inhabitants per km². Source: Eurostat . Retrieved 2026-10-08. Full ranking Rank Regions 2014inhabitants per km² Change on 2013 1 Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest 7,319.4 +0.8% 2 Melilla 6,478.5 +3.7% 3 Wien 4,511.5 +1.6% 4 Ceuta 4,457 +1.5% 5 Berlin 3,867.4 +1.5% 6 Budapest 3,433.6 +3.6% 7 Praha 2,577.6 +0.5% 8 Hamburg 2,323.9 +0.9% 9 Bremen 1,570.6 +0.4% 10 Malta 1,375.2 +2% 11 Bucureşti-Ilfov 1,298.2 0% 12 Noord-Holland 1,032.9 +0.7% 13 Ile-de-France 1,008.6 +1% 14 Attiki 1,007.7 -1.2% 15 Düsseldorf 963.6 +0.3% 16 Community of Madrid 801 -0.3% 17 Hovedstaden 687.6 +0.9% 18 Prov. Antwerpen 648 +0.5% 19 Mayotte 624.5 n/a 20 Köln 590.3 +0.5% 21 Prov. Vlaams-Brabant 528.8 +0.5% 22 Limburg (NL) 521.2 -0% 23 Darmstadt 516.2 +1% 24 Noord-Brabant 506.4 +0.5% 25 Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen 500.4 +0.5% 26 Warszawski stołeczny 490.4 n/a 27 Arnsberg 443.7 -0% 28 Lombardia 438.1 +5.8% 29 Campania 438 +2.9% 30 Gelderland 407.2 +0.3% 31 Karlsruhe 392.1 +0.7% 32 Saarland 385 -0.4% 33 Stuttgart 378 +0.8% 34 Prov. West-Vlaanderen 377.3 +0.2% 35 Śląskie 373.7 -0.4% 36 Münster 372.6 +0.2% 37 Prov. Brabant wallon 360.2 +0.6% 38 Prov. Limburg (BE) 360 +0.4% 39 Prov. Hainaut 353.9 +0.2% 40 Lazio 348.1 +5% 41 Martinique 347 +1.7% 42 Overijssel 343.5 +0.2% 43 La Réunion 341.7 +2% 44 Stockholm 334.1 +1.6% 45 Nord-Pas de Calais 328.5 +0.2% 46 Região Autónoma da Madeira 324.6 -0.8% 47 Detmold 310.7 +0.1% 48 Bratislavský kraj 302.9 +1% 49 Basque Country 299.6 -0.7% 50 Liguria 297.9 +2.2% 51 Rheinhessen-Pfalz 292.9 +0.4% 52 Prov. Liège 285.5 +0.3% 53 Canary Islands 284.9 +0.6% 54 Flevoland 283.9 +0.7% 55 Veneto 280.4 +5.3% 56 Guadeloupe 258.6 -21.3% 57 Oberbayern 256.4 +1.2% 58 Groningen 251 +0.2% 59 Leipzig 249.6 +0.7% 60 Mittelfranken 236.3 +0.5% 61 Freiburg 233.4 +0.7% 62 Hannover 232.1 +0.1% 63 Catalonia 232 -0.4% 64 Moravskoslezsko 229.6 -0.4% 65 Alsace 227 +0.5% 66 Balearic Islands 224.8 +0.8% 67 Chemnitz 224.6 -0.6% 68 Małopolskie 220.9 -0.1% 69 Luxembourg 215.1 +2.4% 70 Valencian Community 213.8 -0.9% 71 Zeeland 213.6 0% 72 Puglia 213.1 +2.3% 73 Sicilia 200.5 +2.6% 73 Tübingen 200.5 +0.7% 75 Dresden 200.4 -0.1% 76 Emilia-Romagna 198.1 +0.8% 77 Pest 194.8 +2.1% 78 Braunschweig 194.4 0% 79 Friesland (NL) 193.7 +0.1% 80 Gießen 190.7 +0.3% 81 Drenthe 185.6 +0.1% 82 Koblenz 182.8 +0.1% 83 Schwaben 181.5 +0.8% 84 Schleswig-Holstein 178.7 +0.4% 85 Piemonte 178.2 +2.7% 86 Helsinki-Uusimaa 175.3 +1.2% 87 Norte 170.7 -0.6% 88 Toscana 165.6 +2.3% 89 Marche 165.1 +0.2% 90 Weser-Ems 163.7 +0.2% 91 Friuli-Venezia Giulia 162.6 +4.3% 92 Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur 159.9 +1.1% 93 Eastern and Midland 157.9 +2.4% 94 Unterfranken 152.2 +0.1% 95 Haute-Normandie 151.7 +0.9% 96 Vorarlberg 148.8 +0.8% 97 Rhône-Alpes 146.6 -0.4% 98 Oberfranken 146 -0.1% 99 Dolnośląskie 145.1 -0.1% 100 Kassel 144.8 -0.1% 101 Łódzkie 137.7 -0.4% 102 Calabria 134.1 +3.6% 103 Střední Morava 134 -0.1% 104 Prov. Namur 133.4 +0.5% 105 Thüringen 133.3 -0.4% 106 Severozápad 132.7 -0.2% 107 Region of Murcia 129.5 0% 108 Pomorskie 128.2 -0.5% 109 Abruzzo 125.3 +2.5% 110 Zahodna Slovenija 123.9 +0.4% 111 Severovýchod 122.9 -0.1% 112 Jihovýchod 122.6 +0.1% 113 Západné Slovensko 122.4 -0.2% 114 Oberösterreich 122.2 +0.7% 115 Střední Čechy 121.1 +0.9% 116 Bretagne 120 -0.1% 117 Podkarpackie 117.7 -0.4% 118 Kujawsko-pomorskie 117.6 -0.7% 119 Wielkopolskie 116.8 -0.2% 120 Niederbayern 115.5 +0.6% 121 Pays de la Loire 115.1 +0.4% 122 Sjælland 113.3 +0.2% 123 Oberpfalz 111.5 +0.4% 124 Cantabria 111.4 -0.4% 125 Sachsen-Anhalt 109.5 -0.5% 126 Umbria 108.5 +3% 127 Lüneburg 107.7 0% 128 Świętokrzyskie 107.5 -0.6% 129 Região Autónoma dos Açores 106.3 -0.3% 130 Yugozapaden 105.8 -0.4% 131 Trier 105.7 +0.3% 132 Sydsverige 103.2 +1% 133 Opolskie 102.9 -0.9% 134 Východné Slovensko 102.7 +0.2% 135 Languedoc-Roussillon 101 +0.9% 136 Asturias 99.8 -0.7% 136 Közép-Dunántúl 99.8 +3.2% 138 Lorraine 99.6 +0.1% 138 Picardie 99.6 +0.2% 140 Kentriki Makedonia 99.1 -0.5% 141 Midtjylland 98.4 +0.4% 142 Syddanmark 98.2 +0.1% 143 Andalusia 96.8 -0.2% 144 Galicia 93.4 -0.5% 145 Kýpros 92.5 -1.1% 146 Sud-Muntenia 91.8 -0.8% 147 Nord-Est 90.6 -0.1% 148 Ionia Nisia 89.9 -0.3% 149 Vzhodna Slovenija 88.7 -0.2% 150 Algarve 88.4 -0.3% 151 Észak-Magyarország 88.1 0% 152 Nyugat-Dunántúl 88 +1.3% 153 Provincia Autonoma di Trento 87.4 +1.7% 154 Niederösterreich 86.2 +0.6% 155 Lubelskie 85.5 -0.3% 155 Sostinės regionas 85.5 0% 157 Észak-Alföld 85.1 +1.4% 158 Basse-Normandie 83.4 -0.8% 159 Stredné Slovensko 82.8 -0.1% 160 Brandenburg 82.7 -0.5% 161 Aquitaine 81.2 +0.7% 162 Mazowiecki regionalny 80.5 n/a 163 Sud-Est 80.2 -0.6% 164 Burgenland 78.5 +0.4% 165 Zachodniopomorskie 77.3 -0.9% 166 Nord-Vest 76.8 -0.3% 167 Salzburg 76.1 +0.7% 168 Kriti 75.7 +0.1% 169 Steiermark 75 +0.5% 170 Nordjylland 73.8 +0.1% 171 Lubuskie 73 -0.7% 172 Franche-Comté 72.7 0% 173 Molise 71.8 +2% 174 Sud-Vest Oltenia 71.1 -0.8% 175 Jihozápad 71 +0.1% 176 Dél-Alföld 70.4 +0.6% 177 Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen 70.2 +1.3% 178 Centru 69.6 -0.3% 178 Sardegna 69.6 +1.5% 180 Poitou-Charentes 69.5 0% 181 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 68.6 -0.4% 182 Severoiztochen 66.5 +0.6% 183 Dél-Dunántúl 66.4 +2.3% 184 Yuzhen tsentralen 66.3 -0.6% 185 Västsverige 66.1 +0.9% 186 Midi-Pyrénées 65.9 +0.8% 187 Centre - Val de Loire 65.7 0% 188 Notio Aigaio 63.1 0% 189 Prov. Luxembourg (BE) 62.9 +0.5% 190 La Rioja 62.4 -1% 191 Warmińsko-mazurskie 61.9 -1% 192 Navarre 61.5 -0.2% 193 Dytiki Elláda 59.6 -0.7% 194 Kärnten 59.5 +0.2% 195 Basilicata 59.4 +3.7% 196 Podlaskie 58.2 -0.7% 197 Tirol 58 +0.9% 198 Vest 57.4 -0.3% 199 Jadranska Hrvatska 56.8 -0.2% 200 Severen tsentralen 56.5 -2.2% 201 Yugoiztochen 54.8 -0.2% 202 Southern 53.3 +0.4% 203 Champagne-Ardenne 52.4 +0.2% 203 Thessalia 52.4 -0.4% 205 Auvergne 52.2 0% 206 Bourgogne 52 0% 207 Voreio Aigaio 51.4 -0.4% 208 Limousin 43.5 0% 209 Severozapaden 43.1 -1.6% 210 Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki 42.8 -0.5% 211 Östra Mellansverige 42 +1% 212 Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas 39.9 -1.2% 213 Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste 39.7 +1% 214 Peloponnisos 37.7 -0.3% 215 Corse 37.5 +1.1% 216 Ipeiros 37.1 -0.5% 217 Etelä-Suomi 36.9 +0.8% 218 Sterea Elláda 35.9 -0.3% 219 Northern and Western 33.4 +3.4% 220 Latvija 32 -1.2% 221 Eesti 30.3 0% 222 Dytiki Makedonia 29.3 -1% 223 Aragon 28 -0.4% 224 Extremadura 26.8 -0.7% 225 Castile and León 26.5 -1.1% 226 Castilla-La Mancha 26.2 -0.8% 227 Småland med öarna 24.8 +0.4% 228 Länsi-Suomi 23.6 +0.4% 229 Åland 18.6 +1.1% 230 Norra Mellansverige 13.1 +0.8% 231 Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi 6.4 0% 232 Mellersta Norrland 5.2 0% 233 Övre Norrland 3.4 0% 234 Guyane 3.1 +3.3%
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About this ranking Resident population divided by land area in km². World Bank figures use mid-year population and land area excluding inland water.
United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July divided by land area (water excluded) from the latest Census Gazetteer files. US tables often give people per square mile; multiply persons per km² by 2.59 to compare.
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Questions Which region has the highest population density? Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, with 7,319.4 inhabitants per km² in 2014, according to Eurostat, European Commission.
Which region has the lowest population density? Guyane, with 3.1 inhabitants per km² in 2014.
Where does this ranking come from? Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Population density by NUTS 3 region (demo_r_d3dens). Retrieved 2026-10-08. 8 regions have no value for 2014 and are not ranked.
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